Sometimes, you've got a great setting that you want your group to play. But, it uses a different gaming system and some players can be resistant to learning a whole new set of rules. If you were a Spheres of Power or Spheres of Might player, this could pose an issue until now. Conversions for both of these over to D&D 5th edition are up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

Classes, spells, powers, and skills are the tools we use to tell grand tabletop stories. Whether it's exploring strange new worlds or telling tales of gripping battles, these are the frameworks that we use to inhabit powerful wizards, hardened warriors, and battle to save - or destroy - the world that they inhabit.

Today we're bringing you two volumes - Spheres of Power and Spheres of Might - that greatly expand what's contained in that tool kit. Populated with entirely new sets of magical and martial powers, Spheres of Power and Spheres of Might will change the way you play magical and martial characters at your table forever! With years of development and experience behind it, the Spheres system is making the jump from Pathfinder to D&D 5th edition in a big way, and bringing tons of amazing options for character creation, world building, and storytelling along with it!

The campaign's more than 2x funded with 19 days left to go.

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The Germans swept in and took over France relatively quickly during WWII. And while the Vichy government capitulated with German demands, there was a large, underground resistance movement in the country. They'd sabotage gear, destroy material, cut communication lines, and basically do everything they could to distrupt the Germans. Now, in La Resistance, you can join them. The new card and dice game is up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

Designed by Mark H. Walker, La Résistance is a simple, yet engaging, dice and card game set during the German occupation of France in World War II. During the occupation, brave French men and women fought against the Nazi conquerors, disrupting their communications, destroying supply warehouses, and ambushing German patrols. La Résistance gives players a chance to lead a band of resistance fighters, working to keep their men and women alive as they also strive to become the most famous resistance leader.

On each turn, a player will roll six dice, placing the dice on mission cards common to all players, the player attempts to defeat the mission card by matching dice on the card, spending recruits, and using their resistance leader’s special abilities. To win, a player must amass 12 Glory Points or break--by stealing or otherwise removing all rival resistance group members—the other resistance bands. La Résistance mixes an historical setting with elements of popular dice games, such as Yahtzee and King of Tokyo, with “take that” card mechanics and player interaction, giving the game a familiar, fun feel.

The game is historically themed, and a great way to introduce gamers to strategy games. Three (two is possible, but less fun) to five people may play, so La Résistance is perfect for game nights and family get-togethers.  La Résistance is a simple, yet challenging strategy game for wargamers and casual strategy gamers alike.

The campaign's just up and over its funding goal with 20 days left to go.

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While WWII might get most of the spotlight shone on it when it comes to coverage of the World Wars, I've always maintained that WWI was more important, as it was what directly set up not only WWII, but almost all of the events of the 20th century and to this very day. And, during WWI, one of the most pivotal battles was Verdun. It was a hellish land on the Western Front. Now, you can relive those harrowing times on your tabletop with Verdun: Steel Inferno, a card-driven strategic battle game that's up on Kickstarter now.

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The campaign's making its way to 7x funded with 17 days left to go.

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House of Tenefyr is a dungeon-delving, fully cooperative deck-building game where you must outfit yourself with gear, head into the dark tunnels, and work together to slay monsters and defeat the boss at the end (hopefully, anyway). The Second Curse is a new expansion that fully doubles the options available to you when making your deck and setting up the dungeon. A new reprint of the game as well as the new expansion are up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

Heroes of Tenefyr is a fully cooperative deck-building game for 1-4 players with push your luck elements. It's very easy to teach in less than 5 minutes, but winning can be quite a challenge.

Heroes of Tenefyr: The Second Curse is an expansion with new heroes, new bosses, new enemies and rewards. Adding the expansion doubles the amount of content and variety.

The campaign's more than 3x funded with 13 days left to go.

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This week has continued to go along quickly. Of course, that's not a complaint. I'm ready for game this weekend. I'm hoping you have gaming sessions lined up as well. If you do, chances are you'll need some terrain. Well, that's what we're here to tell you about now.

Today in the Terrain Corner we have: Acheson Accessories for 2020 - The 9th Wave, Tempestus Pillbox Now Available From Tabletop Scenics, New Realm of Heaven Battle Mat Available from Deep-Cut Studio, and Towns & Taverns Launches Today on Kickstarter.

Acheson Accessories for 2020 - The 9th Wave

Here are the next 5 new accessories (45 items total to-date) that we have added to our collection.

2020 Accessories 28mm & 15mm -
Coffin, open $1.00USD
Amphora, Pot and Bull's Head $1.00USD
15mm Row of Hesco $1.00USD
Stack of Sandbags, collapsed $1.00USD
Rain Barrel $1.00USD

Tempestus Pillbox Now Available From Tabletop Scenics

Measuring 70 mm (height), 151 mm (width), 160 mm (depth) the Tempestus Pillbox is an enclosed defensive structure that can stand independently on the battlefield or be a part of a larger defensive line.

New Realm of Heaven Battle Mat Available from Deep-Cut Studio

New game mat release! Take your battles to the Realm of Heavens, the land of sigmarites and celestial beings. New battlefield speaks of ancient artifacts and mysterious space tracking structures, untouched by chaos through the ages. Yet things might change with a snap of a (twisted) finger. Let the sky fall

Towns & Taverns Launches Today on Kickstarter

Attention Adventurers! Encounter 2 adaptive battle map books for tabletop roleplay which align to create 1 epic evolving urban map.

It's amazing what people will do for a shiny piece of metal. At least, that's what the animals in Tiny Towns have figured out. While digging out a hole in a hill to make more space, they came across a seemingly useless metal. It wasn't good for building, but melting it down and turning it into little discs has really taken off. Now, everyone wants these "coins." And that's just what Fortune, the new Tiny Towns expansion, brings to the game. You can pick up your copies now.

From the website:

In Tiny Towns: Fortune, the creatures of the forest have found a way to trick each other into thinking shiny bits of metal have arbitrary value. It’s very useful—so much so that you can use this thing called “money” to get other creatures to give you almost anything in return for the right number of shiny bits. If only earning money weren’t so difficult!

These shiny bits are called Quercs, but for some reason everyone always ends up calling them “coins.” When the creatures of the forest ran out of space and began digging into the hills to make room, they came across a fairly useless metal. It’s no good for building, so they melted it down and molded it into the small circles now known as Quercs. Even a single Querc is valuable enough to increase the worth of a town or be traded for different building resources. Surely this new “money” thing will bring nothing but good fortune and kindness to the creatures of
Tiny Towns!

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At Hogwarts, throughout the year, the different Houses are engaged in a battle for points. Many things can bring honor or dishonor upon your House, causing a gain or loss in points. In the end, only one will be the winner. And that's what you'll be trying to be in the Harry Potter: House Cup Competition board game.
*puts on yellow jersey* Go Hufflepuff!

From the announcement:

The newest way to represent your favorite Hogwarts house is coming this summer with Harry Potter: House Cup Competition!

Only the brightest future witches and wizards compete in The Op’s first Wizarding World™ worker placement game! In this new competitive game, players will act as iconic members of Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin to earn the most points and win the coveted House Cup.

Strategic choices are needed in Harry Potter: House Cup Competition as it recreates the joy and house pride among students vying to stand out at the end of the school year. Players will have three wizards-in-training as their student “workers” who will need to gain knowledge in classes like Charms, Potions, and Defence Against the Dark Arts, while completing challenges to bring glory to your house. Deciding the best ways to increase your knowledge will unlock more possibilities and score more points!

A unique scoring display will allow players to track their progress and reward the most successful strategies with a victory for your house. Keep an eye on The Op’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more details on how you can play Harry Potter: House Cup Competition this summer!

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While the main Pathfinder book gives you pretty much everything you need to play or run a game, the Gamemastery Guide is dedicated to giving GMs a whole host of new tools to up their game to not just the next level, but a couple levels. All the way from the basics to NPCs to variant rules, it's got everything a GM needs.

From the post:

Unveiling the Pathfinder Second Edition Gamemastery Guide!

As the Game Master of a Pathfinder campaign, you’re the architect of your players’ adventures—a rewarding but sometimes challenging responsibility. With this book, your job just got a whole lot easier! Whether you’re building your own monsters and adventures, looking for new subsystems to play out cinematic chases or tense infiltrations, or simply want to speed up your game with scores of NPCs ready for action, the Gamemastery Guide has you covered!

The focus of every Pathfinder game is the players—their characters are the stars of the show and appear in every scene that plays out in game. But what about those scenes? What stories are being told? What old legends are being discovered, and what new ones are being forged? Who are the villains, the allies, the traitors, the lovers, the monsters, and the gods? Who runs the world? When you’re the Game Master, that’s all up to you!

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The Dothraki are effectively born riding a horse. They are equestrians of the highest caliber, with even their main troops being cavalry. If you're looking to add some more thundering hooves to your House Targaryen forces in the A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game, you don't have long to wait. The Dothraki Screamers box will be hitting shelves tomorrow. But before you head down to the LGS, you can find out what they're capable of in this article.

From the post:

With Daenerys Targaryen’s marriage to Khal Drogo, House Targaryen gained a major asset in an army of loyal Dothraki. These horsemen may be seen as simple barbarians by those in Westeros, but they have a long and storied history in addition to rich culture. That culture centers around horsemanship. The Dothraki are famed for their riding abilities and when the army heads to battle, they do so astride their warhorses. The Dothraki Screamers are a mainline unit in this highly-mobile force. Targaryen players will soon be able to add more of this unit, which they first got in the Targaryen Starter Set, to their collections. Let’s take a deeper look into what this unit brings to the table.

The Dothraki Screamers are a mildly expensive unit to field, costing 6 points. However, they bring a lot to the table, even if their stat card doesn’t have many special rules or abilities on it. It’s hard to look simply at the unit’s offensive and defensive capabilities separately, as they’re both very intertwined in the makeup of the unit itself. So, let’s simply look at the card as a whole.

Being a unit of light cavalry, the Dothraki Screamers are fast with a Speed of 6. Of course, as part of their Cavalry special rule, they can make a free Maneuver action at the start of their activation. That means the unit can easily be 12+ inches away from where they start their turn. This is one of the major advantages of the cavalry-heavy style of a House Targaryen army. They’re an extremely mobile force, being able to take objectives quickly or reinforce one-another when things start to go poorly.

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Stalingrad was one of the most brutal conflicts during WWII. The close, street-to-street fighting made the use of snipers an everyday issue for both sides. With endless places to hide, a sniper could pin down entire sections of enemy forces or take out key members of the opposing force. In this article, Warlord Games takes a look at snipers in Bolt Action and specifically the Stalingrad book.

From the post:

Bullets shriek overhead as a bitter duel rages back and forth in the streets of Stalingrad. Keen-eyed snipers play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

As the German advance into the city ground to a halt, fighting within Stalingrad took on a rhythm similar to that of World War I. Both sides dug extensive trench networks and fortified buildings into inter-connected defence networks. Large-scale attacks became increasingly difficult.

Mobile warfare was replaced with frequent artillery bombardment, trench raids, and sniping. The spontaneous appearance of the sniper movement within the Soviet army led to a vast increase in the number of snipers
patrolling the front line. German sharpshooters quickly followed suit, with each sniper seeking to rack up as many kills as possible.

Sometimes these silent hunters encountered each other on the front lines and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse would play out, where only one sharpshooter could come out on top – or alive.

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